sidehill
Inclined ground surface
Sidehill describes a slope or hillside, or something positioned on or adapted to sloping terrain.
A sidehill plow is designed to work on inclines.
In rural and mountainous regions, sidehill often appears as an adjective: a sidehill pasture, sidehill farming.
The word is regional, common in Appalachian and New England dialects.
Sloping face of peak
- foothillLow ridge below mountains
- ridgelineTop edge of terrain
- hollowEmpty within
- drawCreate with pencil
ravine · gully · coulee · bench · terrace · scree · talus · hogback
mountainside
Sloping face of peak
draw · ravine · gully · coulee · bench · terrace · scree · talus · hogback · saddle
gradient
Rate of change across space
steepness · cant · slant · angle · contour · traverse · switchback · camber · tilt · banking
terracing
Cutting slopes into steps
irrigation · vineyard · orchard · grazing · pasture · hayfield · cultivation · furrow · plow · tractor
sidehillflat ground
Terrain without slopes
level ground · flatland · plain · plateau · flat
sidehillvalley floor
Bottom of depression between hills
lowland · floodplain · basin · dale · hollow
side, hill, sidewalk, sideways, uphill, hilly, downhill, hillside, sidestep